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PEGylated Nanoparticles for Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications

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The potential utility of multimolecular assembly derived from heterobifunctional PEGs and block copolymers were explored to systematically modify the properties of metal and semiconductor nanostructures by controlling their structure and their surface properties, making them extremely attractive for use in biological and biomedical applications.
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This article is published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.The article was published on 2003-02-24. It has received 1469 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drug carrier & Micelle.

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Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications

TL;DR: This review discusses the synthetic chemistry, fluid stabilization and surface modification of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, as well as their use for above biomedical applications.
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Strategies in the design of nanoparticles for therapeutic applications

TL;DR: This Review focuses on recent progress important for the rational design of such nanoparticles and discusses the challenges to realizing the potential of nanoparticles.
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Factors Affecting the Clearance and Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanoparticles

TL;DR: These factors have been shown to substantially affect the biodistribution and blood circulation half-life of circulating nanoparticles by reducing the level of nonspecific uptake, delaying opsonization, and increasing the extent of tissue specific accumulation.
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Factors Affecting the Clearance and Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanoparticles

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the factors which can influence nanoparticle blood residence time and organ specific accumulation, including interactions with biological barriers and tunable nanoparticle parameters, such as composition, size, core properties, surface modifications (pegylation and surface charge), and targeting ligand functionalization.
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Measurement of protein using bicinchoninic acid

TL;DR: This new method maintains the high sensitivity and low protein-to-protein variation associated with the Lowry technique and demonstrates a greater tolerance of the bicinchoninate reagent toward such commonly encountered interferences as nonionic detergents and simple buffer salts.
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Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the properties of quantum dots and their ability to join the dots into complex assemblies creates many opportunities for scientific discovery, such as the ability of joining the dots to complex assemblies.
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Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Fluorescent Biological Labels

TL;DR: Semiconductor nanocrystals prepared for use as fluorescent probes in biological staining and diagnostics have a narrow, tunable, symmetric emission spectrum and are photochemically stable.
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Hard and soft acids and bases

TL;DR: In this paper, the rate data for the generalized nucleophilic displacement reaction were reviewed, and the authors presented a method to estimate the rate of the generalized displacement reaction in terms of the number of nucleophiles.
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